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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department has approved a building project under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme for the school to which the Deputy refers. This project involves the provision of a 3 classroom Special Education Needs (SEN) base, 2 Special Education Teaching rooms and 3 general classrooms. This school was also approved for the reconfiguration of a SEN room which is at practical completion....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: I can assure the Deputy that the provision of school places to meet the needs of children and young people at primary and post primary level, including children and young people with special educational needs is an absolute priority for the Department. My Department is aware of pressures for school places for the 2024/25 school year in Dublin. A critical next step for my Department is to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department received a report of a Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) working group in March 2023 that proposed the creation of a national relocation scheme. The proposed scheme envisages that teachers could identify the locations that they would like to relocate to through a portal and then effectively “swap” with teachers in that location. Officials of my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Curaclam Scoile (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: Tá na sraitheanna pictiúr mar chomhpháirt den Bhéaltriail Ghaeilge d’iarrthóirí Ardleibhéil agus Gnáthleibhéil, agus 40% de na marcanna iomlána don Ghaeilge san Ardteistiméireacht ag dul don Bhéaltriail. Mar fhreagra ar cheisteanna a d’ardaigh an CNCM agus COGG faoin sraith pictiúr agus faoi ghnéithe...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: Under the model for allocating additional teaching resources to support children and young people, with special educational needs, in our schools, the Department provides supports directly to schools, allowing schools greater autonomy in the flexible allocation of teaching resources, based on the needs of children and young people. Schools can respond to individual needs in a flexible way,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The information requested is currently being collated by my officials and will be sent to the Deputy directly under separate cover once finalised.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is in receipt of an application for additional school accommodation (ASA) from the school authority in question. The school’s application for capital funding was assessed and the Department made a decision to broaden the scope of the project taking in to consideration the future needs of the school and the school planning area more...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The School to which the deputy refers submitted an Emergency Works Scheme (EWS) application seeking funding for works to Life Safety Systems in the school. The application was approved and the school was advised to carry out works immediately. This particular application refers to an evolving situation and as such, My Department will continue to liaise with the school in question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: Further to Parliamentary Question No.246 of 21 November 2023 I can confirm to the Deputy, that my Department is in receipt of an application for capital funding, under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme from the school in question. The purpose of the Additional Schools Accommodation (ASA) scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream and special education classroom...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: To address the issue of casualisation of employment amongst SNAs, where a school/ETB has an additional allocation of standard SNA hours/posts (e.g. an additional allocation of standard SNA hours/posts or an SNA has left the employment) then that additional allocation of hours/posts must be offered to any existing part-time SNAs in standard SNA posts in that school, in order of seniority,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reviews (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to thank the Deputy for the opportunity to give an update on the review of my Department's 'Guidelines on the Use of School Buildings Outside of School Hours', which the Deputy appears to be referring to. My Department supports and encourages the use of school buildings for community and recreational purposes where feasible, and this has remained a core feature of the new Guidelines -...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: Please find attached list of primary schools with language of Instruction. Please note that primary schools teaching through the medium of Irish have an Irish Classification of "All Subjects Through Irish" This list is based on the final enrolment data for 2022-2023, the latest year we have final data available for. Final data for 2023-2024 will be published in June 2024, at the link below; ....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: A project to provide a new 16 classroom primary school building plus provision for special education needs for the school referred to by the Deputy is being advanced by my Department. The project will be delivered as part of my Departments ADAPT Programme. ADAPT is an acronym which stands for the Accelerated Delivery of Architectural Planning and Tendering. The ADAPT Programme uses a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: I wish to advise the Deputy that Department of Education Circular 0059/2022 'Implementation of Sectoral Bargaining with effect from 1 February 2022 for post primary teachers – Payment of PME/HDip Allowance' provided that for appropriately qualified post primary teachers who entered teaching on or after the 1 January 2011, and who are paid on the new entrant pay scale (post-1 Jan 2011),...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: My Department is aware of pressures for school places for the 2024/25 school year in North Kildare School Planning Areas including Prosperous_Clane. As part of planning for September 2024, data on applications for admission has been received by the department from post-primary schools across these areas of enrolment pressure, and updated data on offers and acceptances continues to be received...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was approved a project under my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme to provide a 3 classroom SEN base, 2 SET rooms and 3 general classrooms. My Department has received the Tender report, which is currently under review by my Department's Professional and Technical staff. Once the review is complete, the outcome will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The Additional School Accommodation scheme project in relation to the school in question is currently under consideration. The assessment process is at the final stage with a decision expected to issue to the school authority in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The school referred to by the Deputy was approved a project under my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme for a 2-class SEN base and 4 mainstream classrooms. This project has been devolved to the school authority for delivery. The school has appointed a design team for the delivery of the project and submitted a revised Stage 1/2A report in May 2023. Additional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: The school to which the Deputy refers was approved a project under my Department’s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme to provide 1 mainstream classroom. My Department has received a Tender report from the school authorities and this is currently under review. As soon as the review is complete, my Department will be in contact with the school directly on the next steps to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: Since 2020, my Department has invested in the region of €4.3 billion in our schools throughout the country, involving the completion of over 800 school building projects with construction currently under way at approximately 300 other projects, which includes 34 new school buildings. School building projects at construction involve an overall State investment of over €1.2...